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1. a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | group action, |
| definition | : | action taken by a group of people (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | countercoup, |
| definition | : | a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | october revolution, russian revolution, |
| definition | : | the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922 (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | arrogate, assume, seize, take over, usurp, |
| definition | : | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession (verb.possession) |
| derivation | : | arrogate, assume, seize, take over, usurp, |
| definition | : | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession (verb.possession) |
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